68 in. Kennym bow !,64 in.,60in.,58 in. & mods & builds FHLB & R/D !

[Forwardhandle]

Roy , Flem hasn't even turned 62 yet , he sleeps in 
I wonder what the shelf life is ?

[Flem]

Is it 8:00 yet?
Roy, I have not sprayed it. Did not want to thin it, so I brushed it on.
Ritchie, as far as I can tell it does not have a shelf life. The only epoxy's I have had go bad are Smooth-On  with the slow hardeners. I've got some G-1 that's close to 20yrs old, just used some the other day, no problems.

[Forwardhandle]

Flem Thanks for the info I will stick that one in my pocket for later I'm hopping the tung oil will get me close so I can use my standard vinyl seal & pre cat lacquer will see !

[Roy from Pa]

Why would ya have to thin it with such a low viscosity?

[Flem]

400cps is thin for epoxy, not so much for spraying. I timed it thru a #4 Ford cup at about 30sec. I aim for 15-20sec when I'm shooting finish thru the Asturo ES.

[Roy from Pa]

Well shucks son...

Ifin ya buys ya ah good gun, it will spray the 400 stuff...

 

[Flem]

That gun on the left will push thinned latex, but it's huge. The little one on the right is so nice for spraying one or two bows. The finish off the tip of that detail gun, makes me feel like a pro. But I'm thinking it's not going to atomize 10w30.

[Forwardhandle]

I got a chance to play with this bow a little more, here is the braced profile differences between the 58" & 14" riser vs 12" riser & bobbed  S/L I really like the draw smoothness of the short riser & bobbed S/L !

[Crooked Stic]

Bobbed superlam ?? do you mean acetone finish

[Forwardhandle]

I mean a shortened super lam on the butt end  , the acetone finish is Ea-40 & acetone mix !

[Flem]

Who would not like their 12" riser bobbed.

[Forwardhandle]

As soon as my wife & my schedule work out where were home at the same time I will get a full draw pic but I need to get the overlays on so I can get it shooting maybe this week end !

[Mad Max]

Is that EA-40 finish gloss,semi, or flat

[Forwardhandle]

Mark I don't know I'm trying it for the first time on scrap to see I will let you know I was just going to use it on the riser and the side of the lams to get it to match the flat sawn lams under the glass then shoot every thing with pre cat lacqure !

[Mad Max]

One of the guy's  on here a few years back used Devcon 2 ton epoxy 25 ml. and 1/3 cup Acetone.
Gloss finish
I used 2 of the 25ml. and 2/3 cup, about 7 coats
mix in a plastic cup

[Bvas]

I’m curious about this smooth on finish as well. Maybe you could start another thread in case others have tried.

[Forwardhandle]

Wow this one is a whole new 58" bow compared to the 14" riser got the belly overlay & sight window ruffed in and stoped to shoot about 50 arrows at 15 yards this bow is as smooth if not smoother then the 60" 16" riser at my draw its just butter smooth from a shooting point, Im glad I found the right combo before hunting season the shortened sight window doesnt effect any thing for me , Still a lot of work yet smoothing up every thing and tip overlays but im impressed with this one !

[Forwardhandle]

Well I spent the rest of my shop time shooting & playing with this little bow I made some comparisons between the 60" and this bow in the pics when the ramps are matched up it has a little more working limb between the shortened riser & super lam !

[Forwardhandle]

We discussed overlay placement on these bows before, so being cramped for room on this riser I ran some bend testing on this bow before deciding where to cut the sight window & I found that when the over all thickness of the ramps gets to 1/2" there is no more flexing so I figured for a margin of safety for cutting away wood, I stopped my sight window & overlays at 3/4" over all thickness !  Also for my long 31" draw I have been droping my arrow rest height to 1 1/4 " the bow shoots better at that height but have no reason why maybe limb timming at longer draws ! Just figured I would pass along some points that I found before closing out this thread after finishing this one !

[bigbob2]

that looks pretty damn good there! Not sure I will go down to a 12' riser though. might just stay with the original version as I only use mine for target popping.